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Thurs. June 24 There will be blood! No cake. There Will Be Cake is something Rob Rudin of Half-Jewish did two years ago on the eve of his birthday - played gig, served cake - and he's doing it again Thursday June 24 at the Lily Pad. "I put together the group Half-Jewish in order to play with some of my favorite musicians and to show that klezmer is not the only Jewish music," says Rudin.  The musicians include two Hot Tamale Brass Band members, clarinetist and saxophonist Mark Chenevert and Danny Heath on trombone and vocals. Gill Aharon, who plays piano with his trio every Sunday at the Lily Pad, is along for the ride, as is trumpeter Sam Dechenne of John's Brown Body, HUMANWINE bassist Paul Dilley,violinist Mimi Rabson of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and multi-reedman Ted Roland."
Here at JSInk, we know the broad appeal of klezmer based music. It's been at the basis of Firewater for years and Firewater is one of the most smokin' bands we know. On tap at the Lily Pad: The 10 p.m. concert features Rudin's new Jewish compositions and pieces by Jewish composers John Zorn and Leonard Cohen. Rudin will also premiere the suite Number 37 based on the life of world-champion athlete, jai-alai player Joey Cornblit, whose player number was 37.More specifics on Rudin's suite "Number 37." Born in Montreal Quebec in 1955 to Israeli immigrants, Cornblit's family moved to Miami where, at age 12, he began playing jai-alai, a popular sport in Southern Florida. He traveled to Spain to train in the Basque game (similar to handball) in which players grip a reed basket and volley a rock-hard ball at speeds up to 150 miles per hour Rudin's music reflects the places Cornblit traveled, as well as his embrace of eastern meditation and his friendship with Rudin's father, self-described number-one-jai-alai-fan Harold Rudin. The listener can expect salsa, jazz, a spoken fugue, marches, Hindusthani (Indian classical) music, a live ping-pong match, and, yes, even a little klezmer.
The Dirty Water Brass Band - New Orleans-styled music from Boston - opens the show. Cake comes after the show. There's a $10 donation requested. 1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge, 617-395-1393 www.lily-pad.net |
